Slicing machine



Aug. 21, 1923. 1,465,703

, S. WILE SLI-CING MACHINE Filed May 51 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEN TOR. 7 10211020 Wile. B Y Vil M 2w ATTORNEYS.

Aug. 21, 1923.

S. WlLE SLICING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Eiled May 31 INVENTOR.

I S'0Z07n0n BY flaw 42w ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 21, 1923' pairs-n. stares,

- SOLOMON wine, or ROCHESTER, ivnwroax."

*SLIGING MACHINE,

Application filed May 3 1,

To all whomt may concern." 1

Be it known that I, SOLOMOX 11.125 a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, and

thereon for clamping the material to be sliced and arrangedon the first named can riage tomove toward the cutter through the means of a pawl and ratchet mechanism. An objectof this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive means for breaking connection between the carriage and the pawl and ratchet mechanism so that the-second mentioned carriage may be moved quickly away from the cutter.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described; the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims. v i

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a slicin chine constructed in accordance witii invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view;

Fig. 3 isa fragmentary plan view of th parts in dotted lines;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4, Fig. 3; and r v Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the detent for holding the rack bar in operative position. V 1 V Referring-more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the mainframe, and 2 the cutter mounted to turn thereon, saidcutter being connected to a drive shaft 3 in any suitable manner; 'Mounted tomove back andv forth on guides 4 on themain frame1-is a mathis carriage 5. This carriage has in turn a carriage'G guided thereon to move toward and from the plane of operation of the cutter and carrying suitable meanslsuchasa clamp 7 for clamping the material to be cut by the cutter 2. The mechanism for moving the carriage 5 on the main frame 1 may be of any suitable type and need not be described in detail therein.

The feature of thepresent invention re the carriage toward the cutter.

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With the endin view'of varying the feed,- r ing actionrof the table or carriage 6 toward the cutter, an adjusting mechanism is -pro-" comprises; in this instance,' a hand "wheel 25in'ounted to? turn about an 2a, eria a. 2 38 i meant Y i 7 sides in the; mechanism for feedingftlie carriage. 6 on the carriageh toward cutter, This mechanism embodies, in th s. instance, a bracket 8 secured to; the unthrough anopeninglO inthe table This '60 der side of the carriage-'6 and having] a post 9; prO ectmg upwardly therefrom v carries a pinion 11 at its upper end mesln ing with a gear 12 011 the carriage 5 which in turn meshes with ai rack'bar, 13

pivoted at ltto the,underside ofthe carflag e6: and extending beyond the rear edge of the carnage whereitis; engaged by a do tent 15 that is pivoted at 16 to the carriage;

Itis apparent that this detent holds the rack; bar 13in meshwith the gears-125 and that lby 'moying the detent -to I releasethe;

ck; ar hQl l l m ybe-inw v it will be carried out of mesh with the gear" 12, thereby permitting the carriage 6 to be moved back and forth independently of the mechanism which effects the movement-of A spring 17 anchored at 18 to the carriage 6 and at the other end to the rack bar normally tends to i move the rackbar out'of mesh with the gear 12. The movement of the gear-11 is effected, in this instance, through a ratchet wheel .19 which turns on the, post 9. This.

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ratchet wheel is in turnni'oved by a swinging member20 which turns loosely on the a post and carries a pawl 21, l Vhen the carriage 5 approaches one end of its movement on the frame 1, a projection 22 onthe frame 1 will engage the swinging member 20 and shift the latter against the action of a spring 23 which. is secured to a deflectedIend 24 the swinging member andto the carriage- 5,

causing thetoot-h 21 to engage" the ratchet wheel 19 and shift: the latter and the pinion vided which uprightaxis 'on'the'table 5 andhaving an,

arm 26 critendingjtherefrom{and connected by a link 27t0' a controlling member 28 such as shown in my application No? 612,615

filed January 15, 1923 this controlling meme V no 7 such a time that the time of engagement between thepawl and the ratchet wheel Will'- be sufficient, during the shifting of the swinging member 20 by the operating projection 22 to effect that amount of turning in the ratchet wheel necessary to feed the table or carriage 6 the desired amount.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a slicing machine having a mechanism for feeding-"a carriage toward a cutting mechanism and in which there is employed a pawl and ratchet geared to a rack bar on the carriage, said rack barbeing movable, out of connectionwith the pawl andratchet mechanism so that the carriage may be moved independently of the pawl and ratchet mechanism by handaway from the cutting mechanism. The rack bar is pivotaliy mounted and is held in opera tive position by a detent.

iVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V

1. In a slicing machine, the combination with a cutter, a carriage movable back and forth past the cutter and a second carriage movable on the first named carriage toward the cutter, of mechanism for rmoving the second named carriage on the first named carriage comprising a pawl and ratchet mechanism mounted on the first named carriage, a gear driven by the pawl and ratchet and a rack bar mounted on the secondmentioned carriage and meshing with said gear,

said rack bar being movable out of engagement with the gear to permit the second mentioned carriage to be moved away from the cutter.

2. in a slicing machine, the combination with a cuttera forth past the cutter and a second carriage movable on the first named carriage toward the second mentioned carriage and. extend in;;' to one side of the second mentioned carriage to permit it to be moved outof engagement with the gear, and means for holdin' the rack 'bar in such en a 'ement.

SOLOMON WILE.

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